Generally not the language I would recommend using when talking to the citizens you are supposed to represent.

Wird das noch was mit der EU-Erweiterung? Und was geht ab in den Ländern auf dem Balkan, die seit 23 Jahren im Warteraum hocken? Dazu habe ich eine 8-teilige Podcast-Serie gemacht: jetzt frei verfügbar bei Ö1 und bei ORF Sound

Ich habe mit @zdfheute.de.web.brid.gy über die Proteste in Albanien gesprochen: www.zdf.de/play/magazin...

Zu den Protesten in Albanien mein Interview für WDR5 www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...

Eine Besprechung und Zusammenfassung meines Buches über die Protestbewegung in Serbien. www.l-iz.de/bildung/buec...

🔔 This month, we will present chapters from our forthcoming BiEPAG study on mining in the Western Balkans. Florian Bieber (@fbieber.bsky.social) explores the geopolitical dimensions of mining projects and growing competition over critical raw materials in the region. 📘 Read ⬇️ tinyurl.com/y699t978

Ich habe mit SRF über mein neues Buch gesprochen www.srf.ch/news/interna...

Out now The stabilitocracy trap. How the EU enables autocratization in its neighborhood with Cengiz Günay, open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I added my 10c to this bio of Vučić for @aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

🔔 Seriously Balkans – The BiEPAG Talks ep.22 🔹 The Student Protest Movement in Serbia: What does the Future hold? 🎙️ Our BiEPAG Coordinator @fbieber.bsky.social is hosting his guests: 🔸Marina Vulović 🔸Jelena Vasiljević 🔸 Nikola Burazer 👇 Tune in now 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1Y48...

Discussants: - @fbieber.bsky.social, Center for Southeast European Studies, Univ. of Graz – Aynur Kanafina, UNFPA Eastern Europe & Central Asia – Eva Fodor, @weareceu.bsky.social – Maja Gerovska Mitev, Univ. of Skopje Chair: Ulf Brunnbauer (IOS) Panel w/ @sudosteuropa.bsky.social

Hvar in the Modern Age by @fbieber.bsky.social traces the history of the island using it as a lens to tell a larger story about modernity, changing states & identity, tourism & the transnational entanglements of the Adriatic Sea & the region of southeast Europe. 🔓 https://bit.ly/49LfcLF

Ich habe an einem Podcast über die Geschichte des Kosovo mitgemacht, der nun auf Ö1 zu hören ist: oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

Out now: The Yugoslav Wars as a Palimpsest. Ontological Security, Serbia’s Anti-Western Narratives, and the War in Ukraine with Global Studies Quarterly, open access: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

@ifdtbeograd.bsky.social brings Joseph Stiglitz to Belgrade, Vučić brings ćaci Jeffrey Sachs to Belgrade.

I had chance to talk to Danica Vučenić on N1 about Vučićs refusal to go to Brussels n1info.rs/vesti/biber-...

Apply to the @asn-org.bsky.social conference in Belgrade next year organized by ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/12/asn-...

Join us in Graz for a semester! The new call for applications for visiting fellows at the field of excellence Dimensions of Europe is open. Deadline 15 March: dimensions-of-europe.uni-graz.at/en/visiting-...

I talked to DW about EU enlargement and Vučićs proposal for a WB6 big bang www.dw.com/en/eu-enlarg...

Reports that Jared Kushner dropped Trump Tower in Belgrade are good news. It shows that resistance works, despite an authoritarian regime working with US administration and money from the UAE. It will further isolate Vučić and reduce the interest of Trump in Serbia. www.wsj.com/world/trump-...

Just published: the second edition of Debating Nationalism available at www.bloomsbury.com/uk/debating-... for less than 20 GBP!

I spoke to @rfi.fr about the rise of the far-right in Croatia www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...

When research becomes an AI generated lottery. It reveals the fundamental flaws of the system which has been a lottery for years eualive.net/horizon-euro...

The new US National Security Strategy, in its predictable and characteristic ugliness, is a good occasion for Europe to finally let go of the time-consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and start focusing on a proper and proactive own strategy instead.

Great honor: most corrupt association gives most corrupt man in the world newly invented prize.

I think the Nobel committee should start handing out a football world cup. There will come a day when FIFA will deeply embarrassed for sucking up to autocratic sociopath

Tito's head stolen in Slovenia and found in a car with Croatian plates. Sometimes reality is better fiction.

Wie sich Vučić politisch in die Ecke manövriert. Meine Kommentare für @derstandard.at www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Few have contributed more to relativizing fascism in Croatia than Thompson. It is good news that the mayor of Zagreb and the city council are reacting www.index.hr/vijesti/clan...

30 Jahre Dayton war der Anlass für ein ein Gespräch mit dem DLF: www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/30-jahre-ver...

The mark of a great book: a write-up by the inimitable Holly Case.

Great workshop on protests in 🇷🇸 www.insajder.net/vesti/diskus...

Workshop: Protests & New Democracy Horizons Researchers analyse the student-led mobilisation wave in Serbia (emotions, identity, plenums). Public Discussion: M. Stojanović (Građanske inicijative), @fbieber.bsky.social (@uni-graz.at), @vujoilic.bsky.social (IFDT) Mod: @gazelapudar.bsky.social (IFDT)

We had a great discussion on the student protests in Serbia with Jelena Lončar, Filip Balunović and Aleksandar Tomanić. Available online here 👇 nationalities.org/virtual-asn/...

🔸How Montenegro Turned on Turkey - The Politics of Panic and Hate ✍️ blog by @jomarovic.bsky.social 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. 🔗 tinyurl.com/436kccd5 #Turkey #Montenegro #VisaRegime #EU #WesternBalkans

The cover for my book on protests in Serbia just dropped. Comments welcome (changes are still possible).

🔔BiEPAG Coordinator @fbieber.bsky.social for savremenapolitika.com 🔹Student list in Serbia is an extraordinary experiment in democracy "The student movement does not offer a comprehensive political alternative, but return of politics to the public space." savremenapolitika.com/biber-studen...

@fbieber.bsky.social explains the concept of #stabilitocracy: econtent.pedis.uop.gr/jmc-eupf-wb/... 2/6.

After publishing Boguljub Karics tribute to Charlie Kirk, ifmes is now sharing some antisemitic pamphlet about 'Jewish intelligence power' or as I would call it 'The protocols of the elders of Zion'

I know ifimes is weird, but assuming tribute by Bogoljub Karic for Charlie Kirk was not on my bingo card

I gave an interview to Vijesti about Montenegro 🇲🇪 🇪🇺 accession, democracy and regional dynamics. www.vijesti.me/vijesti/poli...

The state of EU integration of Serbia in one picture

Read the full report 👇 tinyurl.com/4hxdtawh #EUIntegration #Montenegro #WesternBalkans #EU #EUEnlargement #EUCommission @jomarovic.bsky.social @fbieber.bsky.social

And between Azerbaijan and Albania, Mordor and Gondor, Springfield and Shelbyville

Panelists: • Dr. Ivan Vukovic, Chair of the Committee on European Integration of the Parliament of Montenegro • Miloš Radonjić, Advisor to the President of Montenegro for European Affairs • Dr. @jomarovic.bsky.social • Prof. Dr. @fbieber.bsky.social Moderator: Dr. Marina Vulović, BiEPAG Member

Great documentary on student protests in Serbia, highly recommended: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3t4...

👇🎯 Once again, I ask, sincerely & without being overly alarmist, what anyone has seen since January to make them believe that the 2026/28 elections will be free, fair, & democratic by any meaningful definitions of the words: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

My take on protests in Serbia 🇷🇸 for Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @biepag.bsky.social